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/* * Copyright 2009 Summit Management Systems, Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.summit.jbeacon.util; import java.text.MessageFormat; import org.apache.commons.logging.Log; import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory; /** * * @author <a href="mailto:steven.swor@summitsystemsinc.com" title="steven.swor@summitsystemsinc.com">Steven Swor</a> */ public abstract class AutomaticallyRetryingOperation<T extends Object> { private final int maxRetries; private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(AutomaticallyRetryingOperation.class); public AutomaticallyRetryingOperation(final int maxAttempts) { super(); this.maxRetries = maxAttempts; } protected abstract T operationToRetry() throws Exception; public T execute() throws Exception { T results = null; for (int i = 1; i <= this.maxRetries; i++) { try { results = operationToRetry(); if (i > 1 && logger.isWarnEnabled()) { logger.warn(MessageFormat.format( "Operation succeeded on the {0, number,integer}{0, choice, 1#st | 2#nd | 3#rd | 3<th} attempt.", i)); } break; } catch (Exception ex) { if (i < this.maxRetries) { if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) { logger.warn(MessageFormat.format( "Operation failed for the {0, number,integer}{0, choice, 1#st | 2#nd | 3#rd | 3<th} time. Retrying.", i)); } } else { throw ex; } } } return results; } }